Jeroen Dubbeldam made it double-gold at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Normandy today by adding the individual title to last Thursday’s team victory for The Netherlands. He made his way into this afternoon’s top-four jumping final thanks to a horse that he admitted was inexperienced at this level of the sport. But the 10-year-old Dutch-bred Zenith lived up to his name, providing his 41-year-old rider with a title he has wanted for a very long time.

“I made a big mistake in the second round at Jerez (ESP) in 2002 with De Sjiem, and I’ve never forgiven myself for that–until now!” Dubbeldam said this evening, relishing his victory over Frenchman Patrice Delaveau, who took silver and America’s Beezie Madden who claimed the bronze. But Delaveau chased Dubbeldam right down to the wire, finishing only a single time fault behind